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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
- Proverbs 23:7

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A man's pride shall bring him low,
but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Proverbs 29:23

Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb PHOTO

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu (Chinese Proverb) PHOTO

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It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb

Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb

 

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb

If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Coolidge

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb

Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb

March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb

A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb

Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

The show must go on.
- Proverb

That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb

Time cures all things.
- Proverb

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian Proverb

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb

If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
- Chinese Proverb

A man too busy to take care of his health is like
a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb

Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb

Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb

It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb

Every dog has his day.
- Proverb

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb

Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
- West African proverb famously quoted by Theodore Roosevelt

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb

Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb

A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb

Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

People will, in a great degree,
and not without reason,
form their opinion of you upon
that which they have of your friends;
and there is a Spanish proverb
which says very justly,
"Tell me whom you live with,
and I will tell you who you are.
- Lord Chesterfield

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes.
He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb

Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb


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